Rotating wheel toy apparatus with replaceable colored elements

Abstract

Apparatus for teaching color combinations includes a generally cylindrical spinner member having first and second apertures extending therethrough proximate to the geometric center thereof and a loop of twine extending through the openings with a portion thereof disposed on each side of the spinner member. The apparatus also includes apparatus for securing a plurality of colored members on the circumferential surface of the spinner member. This apparatus may include other apparatus for securing comprising a plurality of pockets dimensioned and configured for receiving respective generally planar colored members.

Having thus described my invention I claim: 
     
       1. Apparatus for teaching color combinations comprising: a generally cylindrical spinner member having first and second apertures extending therethrough proximate to the geometric center thereof, said generally cylindrical member having an axis and first and second faces through which said axis extends;   a loop of twine extending through said apertures with a portion thereof being disposed on each side of said spinner member; and   means for securing a plurality of colored members on the circumferential surface of said spinner member, said means for securing including a plurality of pockets disposed about the circumference of said generally cylindrical spinner member, said pockets being dimensioned and configured for receiving respective generally planar, colored members, said pockets each including first and second sides, said first and second sides being respectively proximate to said first and second faces of said generally cylindrical member, said pockets each including an opening at one of said sides thereof.   
     
     
       2. The apparatus as described in claim 1 wherein: said pockets are formed by a generally cylindrical sleeve member extending around the outer surface of said spinner member, said sleeve member being generally transparent.   
     
     
       3. The apparatus as described in claim 2 further including: a plurality of upstanding T-shaped cross-section members disposed about the periphery of said spinner member, said means for securing includes a circumferentially extending member carried on said T-shaped cross-section members, said T-shaped cross-section members defining opposed channels for engagement with said colored members.   
     
     
       4. The apparatus as described in claim 3 wherein: said T-shaped cross-section members have the upper most portion thereof manufactured of a material different than the material of the remainder thereof.   
     
     
       5. The apparatus as described in claim 4 wherein: said sleeve member is formed of a plurality of axially extending cylindrical sections disposed about the periphery of said spinner member and successive sections about the periphery of said spinner member are made alternately from a transparent material and a second material.   
     
     
       6. The apparatus as described in claim 1 further including: a plurality of upstanding T-shaped cross-section members disposed about the periphery of said spinner member, said T-shaped cross-section members defining opposed channels for engagement with said colored members.   
     
     
       7. The apparatus as described in claim 6 wherein: said T-shaped cross-section members have the upper most portion thereof manufactured of a material different than the material of the remainder thereof.